オバマ大統領 B.B.Kingに哀悼のメッセージ

米ホワイトハウスのFacebookページが、B.B.Kingの死に際し、オバマ大統領の追悼メッセージとライブ動画を掲載した。
動画は3年前にホワイトハウスで開催されたもので、B.B.Kingと共にジェフ・ベックら多数のゲストが演奏しており、オバマ大統領とミシェル夫人が楽しんでいる。

"The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend. B.B. King was born a sharecropper’s son in Mississippi, came of age in Memphis, Tennessee, and became the ambassador who brought his all-American music to his country and the world. No one worked harder than B.B. No one inspired more up-and-coming artists. No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues."Three years ago, Michelle and I hosted a blues concert at the White House. I hadn’t expected that I’d be talked into singing a few lines of 'Sweet Home Chicago' with B.B. by the end of the night, but that was the kind of effect his music had, and still does. He gets stuck in your head, he gets you moving, he gets you doing the things you probably shouldn’t do—but will be always be glad you did. B.B. may be gone, but that thrill will be with us forever. And there’s going to be one killer blues session in heaven tonight." —President Obama: http://go.wh.gov/HRuGNp

Posted by The White House on 2015年5月15日

オバマ大統領は「ブルース界はキングを失い、アメリカは伝説を失ってしまった。今夜は天国でとてつもないブルース・セッションが繰り広げられることだろう」と語っている。


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